To provide a comprehensive service to co-deliver and validate a CIEH accredited BSc (Hons) Degree in Environmental Health Studies.
United Kingdom-Lichfield: Education and training services
2020/S 053-127296
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Coltman House, Ground Floor, Whittington Barracks
Town: Lichfield
NUTS code: UK
Postal code: WS14 9PY
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mark.bartlett105@mod.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3067987866
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Provision of Environmental Health Training
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Defence Environmental and Occupational Health based at Defence Medical Services Whittington, Lichfield. The authority is seeking ‘Expressions of Interest’ from an academic contractor. The Contractor must already be a provider of an existing Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) accredited BSc/MSc programme to provide a comprehensive service to co-deliver and validate a CIEH accredited BSc (Hons) Degree in Environmental Health Studies.
Military students accepted for the programme shall be registered as candidates for a qualification with the contractor and shall enrol with the authority.
Delivery of the educational elements of the BSc award is to be split into five blocks, which have been mapped over to the CIEH curriculum. There is potential for flexibility in the timing of the contractor’s delivered modules.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Defence Environmental and Occupational Health based at Defence Medical Services Whittington, Lichfield. The authority is seeking ‘Expressions of Interest’ from an academic contractor. The contractor must already be a provider of an existing Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) accredited BSc/MSc programme to provide a comprehensive service to co-deliver and validate a CIEH accredited BSc (Hons) Degree in Environmental Health Studies.
Military students accepted for the programme shall be registered as candidates for a qualification with the contractor and shall enrol with the authority.
Delivery of the educational elements of the BSc award is to be split into five blocks, which have been mapped over to the CIEH curriculum. There is potential for flexibility in the timing of the contractor’s delivered modules.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
Two option years.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Students must complete a 4-year course to qualify as an Environmental Health Practitioner (known as Class One status in the Army), which includes award of a BSc (Hons) Degree in Environmental and Occupational Health.There will be three cohorts of students each starting in September 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Terms and Conditions of the Enabling Contract must be valid for the duration of each course.
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
Aug 2023.
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
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VI.4.1)Review body
Town: Lichfield
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mark.bartlett105@mod.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3067987866
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
Town: Lichfield
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mark.bartlett105@mod.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3067987866
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Town: Lichfield
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: mark.bartlett105@mod.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 3067987866
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: